Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo receive pleasure or satisfaction from something. · To have the use or benefit of something. · To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun. · To have sexual intercourse with.
From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.
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